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Pittsburgh's Equal Pay Day Rally Highlights Local Equality Efforts
Pittsburgh City Paper reports on the 2016 Equal Pay Day Rally hosted by the Women and Girls Foundation. Read the article here: Pittsburgh’s equal-pay-day rally highlights local equality efforts
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Women and Girls Foundation hosts happy hour after its Crossroads Convention
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on some highlights of the March 10, 2016 Crossroads Conference hosted by WGF. “‘Last year we had speakers talk about their personal crossroads, but this year we wanted to focus on community crossroads as well. We had a mother talk about her son’s addiction to heroin, a woman who converted to Islam in…
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Crossroads Conference aimed to help women make professional connections
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports: “The Women and Girls Foundation, based on the South Side, launched the conference last year as part of its mission to promote leadership and opportunities for women to advance, said Heather Arnet, the foundation’s chief executive officer. While women sometimes need assistance in the form of money or shelter if they are in crisis,…
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Female Voices
Pittsburgh City Paper reports on the relative lack of female representation in local and state government. “‘To help people think about why it is important for there to be more women in Pennsylvania elected to office,’ Heather Arnet, executive director of the Women and Girls Foundation wrote in an email, ‘I ask them to close their…
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Differing Perspectives
A new PittsburghTODAY survey revealed that minority populations in the Pittsburgh region appear to be keenly aware of what is and isn’t being accomplished on the diversity front. The survey covered differences in opinion regarding racial, ethnic, and gender diversity. The Beaver County Times reports: “Heather Arnet, chief executive officer for the Women and Girl’s Foundation,…
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Low-income single moms struggle to find help, escape judgment
Beaver County Times reports on some of the struggles facing low-income single mothers in the Pittsburgh region. “The Women and Girls Foundation is also trying to fill the gaps by cataloging services for single mothers. ‘The first step is basically trying to map out where all the services are,’ said Heather Arnet, the foundation’s chief…
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Moms want spot at Heinz Field
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on a Steelers fan-lead drive for a facility for nursing mothers to be included at Heinz Field. “‘Would you want to have your next meal in a stadium restroom?’ said Tara Simmons, interim CEO of the Women and Girls Foundation of southwest Pennsylvania.” Read the rest of the article here.
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South Hills-based sewing bee to make products for women in Zimbabwe
South Hills residents Kathy Surma and Linda Ambroso have partnered with a Nyadire Connection and a Women and Girls Foundation of Pittsburgh to host a sewing celebration in which reusable sanitary pads will be made for girls living in Zimbabwe. Read more here.
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WGF's Heather Arnet named as one of 50 Most Powerful People in Pittsburgh
Heather Arnet, WGF’s current Chief Strategy Officer, was named one of the most powerful people in Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Magazine. “Few organizations have such a clear and important mission as the Women and Girls Foundation, which is charged with advancing gender equality. Since Arnet took over the foundation in 2004 as its CEO, her leadership has…